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[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1352469739' post='1863483'] I just get tired of hearing negative stuff about these amps when my experience has been anything but [/quote] As you of course know, positive experiences can't be extrapolated either. We have to get an impression from the "data" that fora like BC can give us, and work from there. By large, the impression will do. [quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1352469739' post='1863483'] Sorry for the rather sarcastic and testy attempt to say that earlier. [/quote] Class. best, bert

Relax a little, guys! I will take a punt, but really must wait til I have sold more stuff. Wife's sold already, but am having trouble with getting rid of the kids and the Volvo. Thanks for the input! I'm sure to buy one as soon as I have the dough. As Bert indicated, they're really cheap. Also, I love rolled oats... best, bert

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1352399687' post='1862625'] Did it work Bert? You've gone all quiet like [/quote] and: [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1352408232' post='1862792'] +30 (watts) lol. We crave an update... [/quote] Sorry, guys. Things went a little differently. The MAG combo was sold right after I had put in an ad, and the LB-112 that arrived needed a Speakon cable no shop here had in store. Time came, passed and went away. Anyway, today I was finally able to hear the Bastard through the Bastard speaker. I was overwhelmed with the bass response: full and "round", but clear and defined (I don't mean overtone-defined. I mean the slow movements of the speaker themselves). LUVERLY! Overtones were natural and present, in a modest way. This pair sounds (to my ears at least) less subdued and retired-at-the-back than the MAG 300 with MAG 410, and also more personal. However, in a maybe strange way, I feel the MAG combo seems more regular and general purpose, but I like the Bastards more. Very, very satisfied indeed. I feel secure I will love this set. Have not yet managed to try with the active basses in the LOW input, but am looking forward to some dirty tubey sounds. I've ordered another LB-112 straight away (not rich, you know, but selling everything I see in and around my house to get the dough - Sorry, the wife's gone already). Another thread makes me expect that together, they will sound roughly like a LB-212, which seems good. Mind you, I'm not gonna live with just the LBs. I want a little modern hi-fi thingie on their side. They can marry for all I care, or make bastard babies - I just want both alternatives present in the same room, so I can plug 'n' play 'n' learn. Thanks for the interest! best, bert

Hey Adam, Welcome to BC! 21/10? Whoa! 56/1 here. I'll die before I can play. Anyway, you like jazzes then? Enjoy the banter! best, bert

[quote name='RejectFly' timestamp='1352408652' post='1862799'] sunshine of your love cream. [/quote] Always thought it was love cream where the sun don't shine, so this sunshine biz is new to me. Must surely take a punt. [quote name='RejectFly' timestamp='1352471921' post='1863523'] thank you all [/quote] [b]You[/b] can say! All I can do is bow my head in shame for not having asked the question. Awesome thread. Thanks to everyone involved! best, bert

Hi Svirac, Welcome to BC! I hope you will have a good time here. It's nice that you play everything. I don't yet, but I would love to learn all styles. It sounds lovely to be able to do so. Now enjoy the site. It's enormously large! best, bert

Gone: 1980 P (or J) copy that wasn't mine to begin with - may have been a Cort. 2011 AXL Marquee AP-800 Still have: See sig. Oh, wait, some people suppress sigs. OK then: 2005 EBMM Bongo 4-HH 2009 EBMM Bongo 4-HS 2011 Hohner B2B 2011 RockBass Corvette 2012 Squier CV '60s Jazz best, bert

Thanks, BRX. Will check them out. Seem quite more expensive a first sight, but then that just means saving longer. best, bert

Thanks very much, Schnozzalee! Of course you couldn't resist! I wouldn't have couldn't not neither. Er ... either... er ... It took me some time before I got it though. Alien foreigner and that kinda thing. Anyway, thanks for the info. Hardware doesn't scare me. Only necks scare me, as I can't just pull a new one with the same type of capacities out of my chain saw. Fragility doesn't scare me either. I can well live with using it in controlled environments only, and always transport it in a case - if that is enough for it to survive. Hm. I might take a punt! thanko mucho, bert

Does that refer to the Longhorn? [thinking, thinking, thinking] Yeah, of course it does. I get it now. best, bert

Noob question: I've wanted a Longhorn ever since Rinus Gerritsen in Golden Earring built himself a double neck version. Also, I've read about the signature sound from playing close to the bridge with a pick, and my imagination tells me I probably remember that sound, and will probably love it. However, I also read that many a Danelectro isn't good, but I only want a good one. So, does anyone here know what often is wrong with them? If I order one locally, can I find out about this myself? What do I look and listen for? Or: Is there any seller on the web that sells only the good ones and sends the rest back? I have no trouble paying more for that kind of service. Thanks! best, bert

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1352317141' post='1861623'] I was pointed to the relevant manufacturers website. [/quote] To me this is the most alarming part of it all. 1) as if you didn't know 2) as if you're being a nuisance. A normal seller should provide good reasons for not having pics, and show willingness to change the situaton. Then again, it does also depend on seller's standing in the community. Just my two Norse "øre" best, bert

[quote name='lockpicker1969' timestamp='1352315043' post='1861572'] thats what mine did if your prepared to wait a good while i would send it back [/quote] Thanks for the heads up. Yes, I did go back to the shop with it, and they did say it wasn't acceptable. But if they can't repair it, I'd rather have it back than get my money back. Really love the little rascal. In case, I'll just have to learn to play all the time and forget the nonsense people spew out about "the magic is in the pauses" and "music has to breathe". Bah! best, bert

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1352300325' post='1861252'] We'll see. [/quote] Exciting, innit? Good luck with that! best, bert

Hey Gary, Welcome to BC! Just disregard what Leen and Nico said. It really is nice here. Love that bass colour! Did this thing come like that? I'm guessing it's not a Fender, or? Enjoy the site, and don't be an alien. best, bert

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1352307071' post='1861402'] liugwq wqifdgi fwqufdtyiut jazz... wqd yqwu scratchplate! [/quote] Fixed!

[quote name='bob_pickard' timestamp='1352279320' post='1860930'] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]10[/size][/font][/color][sup]10[sup]100 - [/sup][/sup][color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Although the Americans spelt it wrong [/font][/color] [/quote] Beauty!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1352251374' post='1860823'] what!? that is the most sinister reason! you horrible man![/quote] Cumbo, you've done it! You're now one of the central persons on BC, and nobody will ever forget your name. Now enjoy! best, bert

Sfar as I know they're all made by Beta Three. My Beta Aivin 35W combo (AFAIK exactly the same as the Harley Benton HBW-35, http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbw35.htm ) has worked almost* perfectly for a year, and I love both its sound and its functionality. In fact I love the whole little thing. *) "Almost" means: when it's on but not used, once every fifteen minutes or so, it emits a soft fart tone. I suppose this is a circuitry design flaw, and not a production fault. Based on that great but not perfect experience, I've just ordered a Harley Benton 110W that a friend of mine is gonna borrow (she'll start playing bass tomorrow if the gods are with us). best, bert

I'm very much in favour of reading both bass and treble clefs, and could keep going on for hours on the advantages of being able to do so. Reading is just a fantastic tool. It's so quick that one can easily read 3 or 4 staves at a time. One look at sheet music and you'll know the style, many of the difficult parts and lots of other stuff. IMNSHO, tabs is condensed amateurism. [b]However[/b], my background of reading classical music has also limited me in ways. Here's where Leroybasslines a.o. comes in: [quote name='leroybasslines' timestamp='1352156634' post='1859598'] Also, I don't think that Western Classical notation suits a lot of music guys on here might be playing. If you write down some funk/soul lines, they look real complicated; if you learn them by ear they just make sense. Syncopation, ghost notes, etc just don't translate that well onto the page. But if you're playing straighter stuff it makes more sense.[/quote] One either writes the notes in such a way that classical readers can follow them, making it look complicated indeed, or one writes in simpler ways and the reader is assumed to know how to interpret this representation. IME the last way is customary in many circles. For many players, I feel that reading might become a hindrance, but since it's so powerful a tool, I'd say: [b]Learn to read, but learn to read the notes for the style you like. The investment is tiny when related to the advantages.[/b] It's late. I'm tired and rather lowkey after a stressful day. So I don't know if I make sense. Doubt it right now. Will look back tomorrow. best, bert

Hey Bezinga, Welcome to BC from another dino (56) noob (1). What Bluejay says. Get those lessons now. You want to not stress your fingers/hands/arms to the point of damage. Also, learning stuff the right way takes [b][i]way less[/i][/b] time than learning the wrong way. Anyway, enjoy the site! It's huge, and contains lots of answers. Also: ask away. BC's willing to answer. best, bert

Others surely are better at this, but fwiw: Besides the output transistors themselves, loads of other components can have died or have been damaged, so there's no saying that fixing it is easy or hard. As to the other amp, yes, you may have damaged components behind the output transistors in such a way that the sound stays but changes. Depending on architecture, one can measure components, but it's hardly economic these days. I hope you get a better reply from someone else tomorrow. best, bert

Must be extremely rare indeed, if at all possible. I have my doubts, but of course do not [i]know[/i]. Someone in Holland claimed to have most, not all, in the seventies and he had like 1500 units already back then. Roughly 35 years have passed since that, and, besides live recordings, if one just starts to imagine how many recordings were made with the Synclavier ... best, bert

[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1352143631' post='1859357'] ... likewise varying kinds of black jeans/trousers but I don't do suits and I don't do ties. [/quote] Brother! The only person on the planet to put a tie on me was my daughter when she made one for me in nursery school. Happily she grew out of that.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1352134832' post='1859184'] I like to think that Frank would have enjoyed hearing someone called Lord Sausage saying 'I've dipped in and out of Zappa over the years' [/quote] When I finally behave for once, you just had to show that you're really the successpr Discreet could wish for! Brill!